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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 21: Of Gods being Glorified by Mans Salvation; That Christs chief end in what he did for ma…
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3. The power of God is hereby glorified; We read of many instances wherein God hath revealed his power to the world, That all the world hath been forced to say, Great is the might and Majesty of God: Who is a God like the true God doing great and wonderful things? But this of our salvation by Christ transcends all, Therefore 1 Cor. 1.14. Christ is called the power of God, for by this means a greater power then any earthly power is subdued, even the principalities and powers of hell; Now saith Christ when he was to suffer, the Prince of this world is judged, Joh. 16.11. By the blowing of Rams horns the walls of Jericho fell down, but here by contemptible and weak things, the gates of hell fall to the ground; The devil that had power over mens hearts, and kept men captive in their lusts, is wholly conquered; Alas all the power done in temporal deliverances cannot be compared to this redemption; It's true, the eye of faith and not of the body must admire this.
3. The power of God is hereby glorified; We reade of many instances wherein God hath revealed his power to the world, That all the world hath been forced to say, Great is the might and Majecty of God: Who is a God like the true God doing great and wonderful things? But this of our salvation by Christ transcends all, Therefore 1 Cor. 1.14. Christ is called the power of God, for by this means a greater power then any earthly power is subdued, even the principalities and powers of hell; Now saith Christ when he was to suffer, the Prince of this world is judged, Joh. 16.11. By the blowing of Rams horns the wals of Jericho fell down, but here by contemptible and weak things, the gates of hell fall to the ground; The devil that had power over mens hearts, and kept men captive in their lusts, is wholly conquered; Alas all the power done in temporal deliverances cannot be compared to this redemption; It's true, the eye of faith and not of the body must admire this.